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Underlying requirement: that the user running the applet is an administrator (and while this is the default modus operandi as per the installation procedure of
by hackermom 16y ago
Underlying requirement: that the user running the applet is an administrator (and while this is the default modus operandi as per the installation procedure of OS X, not every OS X user continues on this path).
- msbarnett 16y agoThe user is also alerted when the applet tries to run, and they would need to approve the privilege escalation request for the applet; it has an untrusted, self-signed cert.
- DavidSJ 16y agoIf true, this is a huge omission from the article. Got a source?
- msbarnett 16y agoSure, here's a couple with less breathlessness, and more details: http://www.intego.com/news/trojan-horse-os-x-koobface-a-affects-mac-os-x.asp http://www.intego.com/news/trojan-horse-os-x-koobface-a-affe... http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/27/security-alert-new-trojan-horse-apps-attacking-the-mac/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/27/security-alert-new-trojan-hor...